Kylia J.

McCoy
Communication 1010-830
Salt Lake Community College - Taylorsville
02/01/17

Interview Project - Part One

Background Information

My Interviewee:
I will be interviewing Amy L. Fehlberg, PhD. She owns her own Psychiatric Practice a is a Licensed
Clinical Psychologist. I will be interviewing Doctor Fehlberg at her Clinic in Park City, at her own
request. This is easier for her, since she may have other appointments before and/or after our interview,
and gives me the opportunity to see her work space.

Career Research
I started my interest in Psychology and the human brain with a book. “The Boy Who Was Raised As
a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach
Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, PhD.” Was given to me for Christmas, and sparked
a interest in the way children react to trauma. Later I began to take psychology, sociology, anthropology,
etc. courses through Salt Lake Community College. Multiple books, textbooks, articles and websites later,
I found it to be one of my passions, and hopefully my future field of study and work.
Psychologists do many things in our world, from Clinical Psychology (Therapy) to Advertising.
Psychologists help people in so many ways, some help people off a ledge, some help children that have
gone through the unthinkable, some help find criminals, and some even make advertisements that help a
company grow. Within this interview I would like to learn more about the educational requirements to be
a Clinical Psychologist, what it is like in Dr. Fehlberg’s everyday life as a psychologist, to hear stories
from being in that field, and so forth.
After further investigation into the psychological field, I learned that the majority of Licensed
Psychologists first receive a Bachelor’s Degree, then, over time, receive more degrees and certificates. To
become a Licensed Clinical Psychologist you have to fulfill a particular set of requirements though, which
are different in every state/region.
As of the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the average earned wage for a Licensed Clinical Psychologist is
$74,030.00, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Therefore, I can conclude that if able to go
through all of the requirements to join this career field, they will (generally) take care of you. Of course
this is with people who work for accredited facilities. There is always a level of risk and loss when you
start your own clinic, like Dr. Fehlberg has done. Although, to my knowledge this has worked out fairly
well for her.

Note: Many of the Questions below are considered open ended when they may not seem like it. Having
spoken to her previously I accounted for her storytelling explanation style and assumed she would talk
and explain her answers.
Interview Schedule

Opening:
Hello Dr. Fehlberg, thank you for meeting with me under such short notice. I met you through
Professor Hanson's psychology class actually, you came and spoke at the end of last semester.
As I mentioned when we spoke the other day, this interview is for a project for my communications
class. We are interviewing people who have a distinct connection to something we want to do, or really
enjoy. In our case, I would like to enter the field of psychology, probably in clinical. So I thought it would
be a great opportunity to meet with and interview someone who has personal experience in it. Nothing
beats real life experience after all.
If you are comfortable with it, I would like to record our discussion for my personal notes. This way
I can give you my full attention as well as having creditable notes. Of course these will be private, and
strictly between you and I, as long as both our ethics allow. You will be given a copy of the recording, if
you want it.
This interview shouldn't last much more than a half hour, so whenever you are ready we can begin:

Body:

Topic 1: Training And Education

First I would like to get to know a bit more about your background in this field.
1. Why did you choose to enter the psychological field? (Primary, Open)
a. Do you believe this was a good choice? (Secondary, closed)
b. Do you have any regrets about joining this field? (Secondary, open)
2. What degrees and certifications do you currently hold? (Primary, Open)
a. How long did it take to receive those/that? (Secondary, open)
b. Do you plan to get any more? (Secondary, open)
c. Were you able to start working in this field with none/only some of these
certifications/degrees? (Secondary, closed)
3. What was your first step into this career? (Primary, open)
a. Would you take this route again? (Secondary, closed)
b. Do you recommend this route? (Secondary, closed)
4. What was one of your most rewarding experiences from past training and education? (Primary,
Open)
a. Was here any special elements to it that made it so memorable? (Secondary, Open)
5. After all of your training and education, when you were allowed to go out on your own, so to say,
how prepared did you feel? (Primary, open)
a. Do you still feel that way about new clients or has it subsided over the time? (Secondary,
Open)
Topic 2: The Routine Of Psychologists
Now that I’m a bit more familiar with your educational and experience background, I'm curious
about your current life as a psychologist.
1. Can you tell me about your typical day at the office? (Primary, Open)
a. How often does this change? (Secondary, Open)
b. Are you confronted with unexpected obstacles? If so how often? (Secondary, Open)
2. How many patients do you currently see at least once a month? (Primary, Closed)
a. Out of these patients, how many would you consider to be regular patients, in terms of
time with you? (Secondary, Open)
3. What are some of the more common mental illnesses people seek treatment with you for?
(Primary, Open)
a. What are some of the very rare mental illnesses you see? (Secondary, Open)
b. What is he average ages of your patients? (Secondary, Closed)
4. How difficult is it to separate your personal life with your work life? (Primary, Open)
a. How does your work life affect your personal life? (Secondary, Open)
5. Do you have any interesting stories or anything interesting to add about your day to day?
(Primary, Open)

Topic 3: Psychology In The Medical Field

Right, and with that in mind, let's go on to psychology in the medical field.
1. Recent studies have shown that there is still a stigma around psychology being a valid science and
a medical field, do you or have you personally experience this? (Primary, Bipolar)
a. If yes;
i. Have you experienced this from the medical field, like other doctors, nurses, etc?
If so, can you tell me a bit about it? (Secondary, Open)
ii. Have you experienced this from patient's, parents/friends of patients? If so, can
you tell me a bit about it? (Secondary, Open)
2. Do you feel that psychologists are below, above or equal to a physical doctor in terms of
importance? (Primary, Open)
a. Do you, personally, feel that psychologists who do jobs similar to yours, are at par,
below, above, physical doctors? (Secondary, Open)
3. Have you personally worked in a hospital, prison, etc. environment? (Primary, Closed
a. If yes;
i. What can you tell me about your experience there, verses a place like your
clinic? (Secondary, Open)
ii. Are you glad you worked in that type of environment? (Secondary, Closed)

Clearinghouse Question: The Interviewee’s Turn

1. Is there any other information you think I should know? (Primary Open)
2. Is there anything (or anyone) else you think I should look into, regarding the psychological field?
(Primary, Bipolar)
Closing:
Alright, well that's about all the questions I have for you. Thank you for meeting with me and
helping me grasp a better understanding of the psychology field. It was a very interesting and fun to meet
with you.
Again this assignment will be an in-class assignment only, and the audio recording will be between
the two of us, and on the off chance that it will be used out of this class I will get your permission at a
later date for the exact event and what not. Thank you again and good evening.
 Interview Project: Part Two - Analysis

DATE: February 20th, 2017

TO: Professor Joseph Larkin
FROM: Kylia McCoy
SUBJECT: Interview Project: Part Two - Analysis

I had the opportunity to interview a local Licensed Clinical Psychologist, (Name), PhD. Dr. (Name) had
come to Salt Lake Community College a few times, to discuss psychology with the students and faculty.

I intend to enter the field of psychology, so this seemed like a perfect fit to me, she is experienced in this
field of work and has gone through a similar path that I will one day walk. I proceeded to interview her on
the journey to become a psychologist, and where she is now.

This memo is the summary and overall results of the interview:

Summary of Lessons Learned

Training and Education

To begin the interview I was curious about her training and education, how she felt about the path she
went and what was required of her. I was pleased to notice that at questions about why she would choose
such a difficult career and emotionally impacting job, her eyes lit up. She told me “To help someone, is to
help everyone, to me it was never about being a social justice warrior, or a fighter for the silent. To me, it
was helping one person get through the day, wake up in the morning or sleep through the night. To help
someone. That's all I ever wanted out of this profession.” And to this day, she agrees that she wouldn’t
change that for the world. It was very noticeable that this is her passion.

She currently holds multiple certificates including a PhD, DBT Therapy, Group Therapy, etc. In total it
has taken her around fourteen years to accomplish these titles, although she isn’t done gathering
knowledge. She was able to begin working as a therapist in this field before receiving her PhD, but to be
considered a Clinical Psychologist she was required to have that. Although she does love the road she
took, she agrees that it probably would have been better to get the PhD quicker.

She began in this career by randomly taking an introductory psychology class when she was an
undergraduate. It sparked her interest and so she continued into it. One of her most rewarding experiences
was helping people when she worked at a hospital, it was her first hands-on experience to the amazing
power of mental aid. Although she was nervous when she began, it quickly faded as she realised she was
more prepared than she thought. “Everything is scary the first time, but I was given an impeccable
amount of knowledge from my instructors and friends, I couldn’t imagine being more ready. New clients
make me a bit nervous but when you understand a person’s pain it doesn’t matter what started it, you just
help them get past it, or in any way you can.” She told me.
The Routine of Psychologists
Her typical day begins at around 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning and stretches to about 6:00. Depending on
the day she will see anywhere between five to twenty clients a day. Usually this many patients come in
group therapy. She sees, on average, around between 50 and 75 patients a month, including new
evaluations. She works with people of all ages, from 18 to 81. The majority of her patients are between
the ages of 18 and 35 though.

Although, she is better at it now, it is very difficult to separate work from personal life. It’s hard to say,
but very necessary to turn your phone off at a point or to have to explain to a clingy patient that there are
boundaries. Although it is nearly impossible to forget about a patient’s problem or the stresses of work.

Psychology in the Medical Field

Although her experience with other medical professionals has been fairly well, patients, their family and
friends is another story. She spoke of a time when she diagnosed a patient with Bipolar Disorder II, the
patient’s mother was in disbelief and anger. The mother believed that her daughter was not living with
this mental illness, and that Dr. (Name) was unqualified to say such.

She told me that she believes that in the current 21st century, psychology is just as important as the
psychical medical field. This in mind, she states that it is unlikely many of us will need to go to a doctor
this year for things like like major mental diseases or disorders. For the most part, doctors and
psychologists help their patients get across smaller hills, that feel big. Whether it is a broken leg or a
broken heart. Whether it is the flu or a depression.

When she worked in public facilities like a hospital, she found it incredibly helpful. While the patients she
saw in a hospital are much shorter in time, she was able to help them get past some of the most difficult
time that they have been through. Many of her patients in the psych ward were people who have gone
through awestrucking experiences, some tried to commit suicide, some were losing those they loved or
themselves. She told me, that without having worked in a hospital, she wouldn’t be where she is now,
because it really shaped how she saw psychology and its importance.
Interview Analysis

Analysis of Clinical Psychologist as my Career Choice

From this interview, it helped me understand that I’m very far from being at the educational requirement
to become a clinical psychologist. Although there are many other options in the same line of work. For
example, if I wished to go into psychiatry instead, it's a similar process but in Medical School, although it
does tend to pay better since you have a Medical Doctorate instead of a Doctorate in Philosophies. This
assignment also helped me understand the importance of working in as variety of environments like she
did.

Analysis of my Interviewing Process

I noticed that while conducting this interview I was fairly shy and anxious. As I am when meeting new
people. For the interview I had the questions listed on my iPad, which was very helpful. I wouldn’t have
been able to remember them. Since I had this device I didn’t have to worry about taking notes, so I was
able to actually listen to what she was saying.

We kept pretty good on the schedule, although sometimes she would get off on a bit of a tangent, I was
not very good at keeping her on task so that is something to improve upon. If I were to conduct another
interview I would definitely bring something I could record with, that seemed to help me a lot! I spent a
long time trying to make good introductory and finishing statements as well as transitionals, it really
wasn’t that important. I didn’t follow that during the interview, but since I spent too much time on that
and not enough of my questions I found myself anxious to find the right way to say or explain my
question.
 TIPS FOR WRITING INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Open versus closed questions: For an information-gathering interview, use mostly open-ended questions, which are worded to
encourage interviewees to expand on their answers. Use few closed questions, unless you are seeking a specific fact. Compare the
following examples of open versus closed questions:
OPEN QUESTIONS CLOSED or BIPOLAR QUESTIONS
(encourage interviewee to expand on answer) (seek a short answer or yes/answer)

Tell me about the education I’d need for this job. Would I have to get a college degree to qualify for this job?
Describe some of your favorite activities. Do you like your job?
How lucrative is this career? How much money do you make?
What kinds of opportunities for advancement does this field offer? Is it easy to get promotions?

2. Primary and secondary questions: For each topic in your interview, write a series of follow up questions, which you can use if the
interviewee doesn’t tell you all you want to know about the question you’ve asked. You can skip these secondary questions if the
interviewee has already answered them. Some of your secondary questions will probably be closed questions.

For example, suppose you ask: “Describe a typical day on your job. “ (Primary; Open)
In case your interviewee doesn’t say much, be prepared with several secondary Qs such as:
-How flexible is the schedule? (Secondary; Open)
-How rapid is the pace of the work? (Secondary; Open)
-What are the customers’ personalities like? (Secondary; Open)
-Which tasks tend to take the most time? (Secondary; Closed)
-What is your least favorite activity? Secondary; Closed)

3. Questions that show research: The best interview questions are specific to the job you’re investigating. Compare (Set A) generic,
vague questions with (Set B) specific, detailed questions that show the interviewer has spent some time researching the topic::

Set A. Generic, vague questions (avoid these)

-How did you get into teaching?
Do you like it?
-What school did you attend?
Was it a good school?
-What is your schedule like?
Can you take a lot of time off?

Set B. Specific, detailed questions (ask this type of question)

-What does your job as Director of Lab Services entail?
-Describe your background in technical work?
How important is that background?
-What’s the most common prosthesis you supply to patients?
What’s the most unusual one you’ve made?
Have you ever been uncertain about how to go about making just the right kind of prosthetic that will work
in a certain situation?
-Do many of your patients have lowered cognitive function?
How do you work with patients who have trouble understanding you?
-Tell me an example of an illness that could result in amputation.
What special challenges are there when you work with diabetics?
-What changes do you see on the horizon for the prosthetics field?
How will you keep up with your training?

4. Asking Questions about Your Interviewee’s “Personal Life”

Some of you would like to ask whether the person has a family, whether they can spend time with family, whether they can support a
family on their income, and the like. If you were asking these personal questions of applicants in a job interview, the questions would be
considered illegal questions. Such questions aren’t illegal in information-gathering interviews, but they might be considered “nosy.” If
you choose to ask personal questions, allow the person the freedom not to answer. You might start with a disclaimer such as “I’m
curious about the effects of this job on family life.” See what their response is before you ask specifically about their own personal life.
You might want to be cautious about asking their exact income, too! You could ask for a typical range.
Kylia McCoy
COMM 1020 - 826
March 7th, 2017
Shirene McKay

Video Self-Evaluation Paper

Appearance
I felt that my appearance was fairly good, although it probably would have been
better it i had done my hair. My hair looked a tad messy, so that would have helped.
The sweater I chose was a bit of a bother, and didn’t look as well on as I had hoped, but
I think it worked well besides the white bottom distracting from the darker greens/blues
of the rest of the outfit. Those shoes were a good choice but they started to hurt after a
moment, so I think that they weren’t the best because I moved about a touch to
compensate.

Organizational Pattern
I thought that my organization was fairly well off. It had a good beginning and
ending with an interesting middle and flowed fairly well. I think that if my ending was a
bit stronger then it would have been better, but it worked well, at least. I would have
liked it if I had been a bit more organized and prepared for how to actually do it,
especially with the visual aid. I also wish that I had a bit better of transitionals, because i
kind of didn’t, but the story went well enough to make a okay transition.

Vocal Qualities
The audio of the video was pretty bad, but I could tell it was a bit hard to
understand. I wish I had been a bit more mentally prepared for that, because I could
hear my voice cracking and going a bit too quiet. Overall though, I think that my vocal
quality fit the room just fine, it wasn’t too big of a room so I feel that the audience was
able to hear me well enough.

Delivery
My delivery was awful. There were a lot of factors that went into that mini
breakdown, mostly the fact that I was talking about a very personal story in front of a lot
of people. I think it would have been better if I had been a bit more mentally prepared
for that kind of conversation, but the emotion did help to my benefit in some ways. It
made my claim a bit more realistic and close to people. But still…. Would have rather
not cried.
Visual Aid
I think my visual aid worked fairly well for what i was working with and trying to
do. I was a bit overwhelmed from the speech so I kind of didn’t do what I was planning
on with it. My first statistic was one in four, that's why I had four of the people then I
would close it for the second statistic that was one in two. I was a bit overwhelmed and
when I remembered to be using it, it was already pass that time. Overall though, I think
it was wellmade and large enough for everyone to see, and kept that message of one in
four people have mental illness for the duration of that speech.

Audience Connection
I’m going to go ahead and say that I made a good connection with the audience.
I could tell that people were really paying attention (which only made me more
stressed). I noticed that people were really paying attention and we made a “good”
connection in the way that you could tell they were at least partially affected by what I
was saying. Hopefully.

Strengths
I don’t really think that i was strong in any particular area, just that the whole
speech was pretty good, overall. I think that i did well in connecting with the audience
and giving good information in a fairly short amount of time. I think I did fairly well in the
clothing and audio departments. I was talking fairly clearly and my outfit was formal yet
undistracting, although I would still want to fix my hair. I think I did good in keeping the
audience's attention, even when I didn’t really want it. And I think i was pretty good at
telling the story that went with the speech, it made the speech seem more realistic and I
think helped the audience connect this theory and idea to the actual, real, topic of what I
was talking about.

Areas to Improve
I would really like to improve on certain areas, like being mentally prepared to
talk about that topic and all. I think if i could improve on one thing only it would be
presentation, i am not happy that it was so hard for me to talk about. I also would want
to improve on my audio, if I had talked a bit louder and clearer it would be a bit better. I
would like to improve on my stances too. I waved on my feet a bit, which was probably a
bit difficult for people to pay attention to the actual speech. I also would like to improve
on my visual aid also, I wish I had used it, I think it would have made my speech a bit
stronger and more visually helpful to people who need to look rather than hear to
comprehend instead.
Proposal For Improving Public Speaking Communication

Interpersonal Communication Improvement Proposal

Kylia McCoy

Salt Lake Community College

Communication 1010 - 830

Professor Joseph Larkin

March 17th, 2017

Overview

There are a few things that come to mind, the first is that I would like to improve upon is

managing the anxiety I get from Public Speaking. No matter where you go in life, giving presentations is

a constant. My future profession (hopefully) is a clinical psychology so I’m going to have to be able to

formally present my ideas and opinions to patients and family and/or friends of patients. I personally get

very nervous and my mind goes blank when I start to talk in front of a group that is larger then like 4

people. Especially if I don’t know them. This is in part, based upon my own self-esteem and its

dejectedness. In the following sections I will address the following issues: Anxiety from public speaking,

how “‘what if’s” affected my anxiety, what happens when I have the necessary tools to succeed and

reduce the anxiety of public speaking.

Description of Problem

I find it very difficult to talk in front of large groups of people, especially on complicated or

difficult to talk about topics. It is very uncomfortable and I constantly think about “what if’s”. What if I

mess up, what if I say it wrong, etc. Dealing with the ‘’what if's” causes my anxiety to flair up. It causes

my body to start to shake, tense up and my mind to go blank. I start to worry whether or not I am going to

mess up sentences or skip parts of my presentation. Public Speaking is one topic where people are

brought in front of a common fear, of forced social interaction, even though it is to help further

everyone’s intelligence. Public Speaking was popularized by the generation where students with social

anxiety and mental disorders were fairly left behind. This is difficult for those students because for them,

it becomes a physical ailment to be forced into social interactions, like Public Speaking. This was created

with good intentions, to create a future of leaders. The problem that many professors and politicians

forget is that students do not learn at the same rate.

Resources and Constraints

When we think of constraints of Public Speaking, we think of the limitations and we think of the

restrictions. However we hardly ever think of the speaker's past and what they have been through. What
has brought them to where they're at now. In order to have the proper resources for the speaker to better

their abilities in Public Speaking, we first need to better understand how their past will always affect them

and how they react to the present. After we break down that mental barriers of the speaker, we can help

build their ability to give effective speeches. Resources to help build this are places such as; Public

Speaking classes, group meetings, workshops, going out and testing your ability with friends ad family.

One of the biggest constraints that public speakers have is lack of confidence. I need to learn how to take

my anxieties and channel them into better studying for speeches, to better combat my fears. I need to set

up easy plans to help myself become less anxious over it, this can be accomplished by setting up

organizational material and practising. (Adler & Elmhorst, pg 260-270) I will need to learn how to accept

and channel the critique both positive and negative sides of it into a better speaking experience. I tend to

do everything at once and overthink it for the next week instead of going through and correcting them.

Recommendations

For Public Speaking give time for a student to work with the teacher so that way the students

have a chance to build up confidence in themselves, before being forced onto the stage and feeling

completely unprepared. Students who have problems with certain studies can always go to the teacher for

extra course help, so why not allow students to get help in a field that will help them in their job field to

both be able to get a job and to get a message across to others. Have a class structured to helping those

who are struggling to do public speaking to help them catch up, as well as tie it in with other skills and

classes.

In this world there are cultures that do structurally build up the ability to talk to others. One

example of that is Japan, their students have the first 4 years of school to learn how to interact with each

other and the professors. There are examples here in the United States, The United States Army has

classes to help in everything, they have their allies in arms learn a simple acronym, L.D.R.S.H.I.P. which

stands for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Perseverance (ARMY.MIL, Army

Values). US Soldiers are taught this in Basic training and have it drilled into their minds, they learn to
rely on each other and build up each other rather than break down each other. People learn best from

learning with a strong foundation. I feel that the society that we are in will only persevere in the face of

hard times, but if we educate the population before hand, maybe we can mitigate those hard times. By

making classes for those who need the help, easier access to the needed curriculum can help to adapt to

the necessary change in population. The majority of children now are forced into conforming into a

society that isn’t caring about the mental repercussions, without having any help on the side. In order to

continue the growth of knowledge and the continuation of having Public Speaking, we need to take and

modify how we teach. So even those who are not comfortable with public speaking or whom do not have

the opportunities at home to better understand the curriculum can still do good in the subject.

The first step needed is to take and change the classes to account for the performances of the

students, but to continue with the curriculum as scheduled and needed. We need more time with our

professors to build up the confidence in information and adapt to the class. America placed fourteenth

place in education in 2012 (Ranking America). There are countless ways to improve our education, but

the one way to fix it. The American School System needs interaction and the ability to get help when they

need it. Public speaking is important to the education structure, because of the fact that it helps to both

make class interactive but it also changes where the information comes from. If we build up the classes to

let students teach each other, then maybe we'll learn more, faster and have a more diverse education.

The second step we need to take is to further our variety of study processes. Children and adults

are both the same, kinetic learning is a very helpful tool for most. So by going and seeing the curriculum

in action it can make a more lasting impact, than just reading about it. Through the adaptation of schools

starting at the primary level and building up and out, we will have a stronger group of leaders and

visionaries that will be successful in the future endeavours of public speaking.

Summary 217
 Public speaking is very important to build strong leadership skills, but you can’t forget that

everything has a foundation somewhere. Public speaking is necessary in schools, but we need to focus on

more than just Public Speaking if we want to change our country. Education is very necessary to build a

strong and prosperous country and economy. Public speaking has been used in the past to move nations

and build worlds in unthinkable time. Proof of that is the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr. had created a peaceful movement. He pushed it forward and because of his powerful speeches, such as

the I have a Dream speech, we now have more equity in the United States. Public Speaking needs to be

more common in schools, to help build a better tomorrow. Education is the key to building a better

tomorrow. Pushing problems aside isn’t the answer to better public speaking, we will need to embrace the

fact that life hands people problems and issues. We need to address them all and build a better tomorrow

for all the next generations. Public speaking is a valuable resource, but we can’t overlook those with

problems. My proposal to improve public speaking is to first improve the schools that teach it and their

curriculums.

Works Cited

Adler, R & J. Elmhorst. (2010). Communicating at Work (11e). Boston: McGraw Hill.

"ARMY.MIL Features." Army Values. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.

"Posts about education on Ranking America." Ranking America. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
 Informative Speech Outline - Draft

General Purpose: To Inform

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how the Medical Field ignores mental illness
and psychological components to diagnosis.

Introduction
I. Mental Illness is one of the largest epidemics in the nation.
A. About 26.2 (57.7 mil) percent of adult Americans suffer from a mental disorder
(FOX 1).
B. More than half of adults with mental illness do not speak treatment (Kim 1).
Transitional: But with this in mind, we still have a hard time accepting such wide spread
diseases.
II. Stigmas surround the psychological community and those affected by mental illness.
A. Many go untreated
B. Many are mistreated by unqualified people
C. And many times mental illness is ignored all together.
Transitional: Those who seek treatment are saddened to find, that in many cases good
treatment isn't available.
Body
III. Mistreated Mental Illness - Those who seek treatment are often times not receiving what
is best for them.
A. Millions of people are treated for a mental illness they don't have.
B. Millions of people are not given good treatment for a mental illness that they
may/do have.
IV. Untreated Mental Illness - There are stigmas in the US about the mentally ill.
A. Millions of people every year are afraid to speak treatment because it is seen as
a inferiority and bad to be mentally ill (Freeman 1).
B. Those who do seek treatment are told that their illness is not real or is just for
attention.
Transitional: Even those who seek treatment are ignored or forgotten about by
physicians.
V. Ignored mentally ill - It's hard to say how many people are told by professionals that
mental illness is fake or attention seeking behaviors, but it happens too often.
A. In many cases a physician ignores the mental components to physical illnesses,
or even tells their patients to “get over it”
B. Mental illness is not seen as a real illness, unlike physical illnesses.
Transitional: You wouldn't tell someone with diabetes to just get over it, so why mental
illness?
Conclusion
VI. While it is true that mental help and the psychological community is younger than
physical medicine, this does not invalidate its authenticity.
A. Mental Illness is real, and a real problem in our society.
VII. Concluding Line - So weather it is you, your family friends or just a passerby in the
streets, never be afraid to speak out against mental illness and the faulty medical field.

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 NUDITY IN ART
Team Work Project

Gina Barnes
Chandler Earl
Kylia McCoy
Sylvia Schulte
Maureen Tietz

Salt Lake Community College

Communication 1010 - 830
Professor Joseph Larkin
April 26th, 2017
 Table Of Contents

Executive Summary… Page 2

Project Description… Page 3

Methods… Pages 4 to 14

Conclusion… Page 15

Work Cited… Page 16

Appendices… Pages 17 to 19

● Appendix 1: Team Contract… Page 17

● Appendix 2: Comparison Chart… Page 18
● Appendix 3: Team Member Participation… Page 19
Executive Summary

My group and I came up with the most ideas that we thought that would fit our category, we want

to be able to make the museum a place that is at one area and an area for everybody. Our point is we want

our community to be able to be comfortable to see an artist’s work without other people thinking it’s not

okay to have in one area of the museum. We broke down our ideas to see what we agreed on and

disagreed on to help figure out good ideas to warn others when the artists come to show off his art that

may be disturbing!

We all want what best for the community, we had a list of ideas from each and one of us to agree

on what was best to warn people ahead of time about the disturbance of art. We took out the most least

liked ones and made our 7 most ideas we agreed on to warn the community, we all have a part

contributing into this group project, we will have all kinds of signs and flyers made a month ahead of time

so people know what to expect when entering the museum, on that note websites will also be handled for

people who don’t like receiving flyers . We talked about money issues, we came up with the smartest

ideas to keep the museum a place for everybody and their children to be in one place that is appropriate

and safe for everyone to be in the same building.

We came up with putting warning signs up and notes / reminders to help let people know

beforehand! We all contributed in making this a easy way to save money and keep the artists art work in a

safe place. Money wise we would have made curtains to keep things divided and private. My group and I

really feel like we did an amazing job contributing and making things safe for the community , we want

everyone to feel safe and enjoy the different types of art , and not just one ; our goal is to leave people

happy and want to come back with new members.

Project Description

The art and photo gallery is a great way to feature local artists. Each month a different artist is

featured, where the exhibit is free to the public, but their art can also be sold. This month is different, as

some of our members would like to have an exhibit that shows some nudity. Since other members are

opposed to the idea, we think it only fair to meet in the middle and find a solution that can be agreed upon

by the whole.

As far as the exhibit goes, a room divider kit can easily be purchased and delivered for the small

cost of $125. A curtain will then be installed that will separate art with nudity, from the rest of the art in

the gallery. (RoomDividersNow) Signs will be set up and hung next to these curtains explaining that there

is nudity in the divided section. Therefore, visitors will be forewarned and can decide whether or not they

wish to enter.

As there is an educative side to nudity, informative signage will also be placed accordingly

around each piece of art. Here the artist may explain more in depth, if they wish, to the meaning of their

piece of art. One or two staff members will also be monitoring the area to give feedback and information

on what is to be expected.

Since we want to keep our customers happy, emails will be sent out with information about the

new exhibit, as well as fliers and announcements on the radio and television. This is a great way to bring

in new customers, as well as keeping our existing customers coming back and happy while still including

all artists.
Methods

To effectively come up with a solution to this issue as a group, we had to come up with general

rules we wanted to keep as a team. We then wrote up a contract and all signed to confirm the rules. To

ensure everyone participated we incorporated the reflective- sequence taught to us in class. There are

many steps to reflective- sequence problem solving that will be addressed below. Essentially abiding by

the reflective-sequence ensures participation of all members regardless of their differences.

STEP ONE:

To begin the reflective-sequence process we identified the problem and reconstructed into an

open-ended question. Doing this required us to write out all the issues that were causing conflict and

decide which ones we could address and fix in the time that we had. We decided that our two most

important problems to fix were making customers feel comfortable and supporting local artist. Once we

determined these problems were the most demanding, we merged them into an open-ended question.

Formatting the question like this allows the group to continually think of solutions and build up ideas

which is part of the reflective-sequence method. For our open ended question our group concluded on,

How can we make everyone feel comfortable while still supporting our local artists? .
STEP TWO:

In order to find the best solution possible for this issue, we set forth our efforts in researching. We

researched different aspects that affected our solution such as Laws in Utah regarding nudity specifically

nudity in art and art museums, the difference between nudity in art and porn and where to draw the line,

other museums that have nudity in their exhibits and how they handle this issue, and the average museum

costs for exhibits if we were to create a new separate exhibit.

Laws regarding nudity in Utah:

Utah has strict laws when it comes to different forms of nudity, according to state

laws.findlaw.com, some of these restrictions are as listed below, Performing any of the following acts in

a public place either in front of another person who is at least 14 years old, or under circumstances likely

to cause affront or alarm: Sexual intercourse or sodomy, Exposing his or her genitals, the female breast

below the top of the areola, the buttocks, the anus, or the pubic area, Masturbating, or Any other act of

lewdness . (Utah Indecent Exposure Laws, 2017)

We were surprised to find out there are actually no laws or regulations when it comes to nudity in

art. Art is considered a form of expression and therefore is protected underneath the first amendment. The

Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment's protection of artistic expression very broadly. It

extends not only to books, theatrical works, and paintings, but also to posters, television, music videos

and comic books -- whatever the human creative impulse produces. Since the human body has inspired so

many artists it is included in this as well.

Porn vs. nudity in art

One of the complaints to having nude art in museums is that it is considered porn. This is a

widely-debated concept that has been going on for years, how do we differentiate porn from art? It is

honestly all dependent up to the artist, the story being told in the art, and the viewer. Something that

seems obscene and inappropriate to one person could just be body parts to another. Justice John Marshall

Harlan's line, "one man's vulgarity is another's lyric," sums up the impossibility of developing a definition

of obscenity and what is porn verse art. Another aspect to this concept is in line with laws regarding

nudity stated above. Expression is part of the first amendment and a right to citizens so regulating art is

not the Supreme Court s decision. Although, the Supreme court is able to regulate and protect the

broadcasting of indecency. This causes a separation between porn and art whether it is being broadcasted

vs painted, written or drawn art. Another interesting aspect that is brought up in ACLU.com Freedom of

Expression in the Arts and Entertainment is, Pornography is not a legal term at all. Its dictionary

definition is "writing or pictures intended to arouse sexual desire." Pornography comes in as many

varieties as the human sexual impulse and is protected by the First Amendment unless it meets the

definition for illegal obscenity. (American Civil Liberties, 2017)

Past Museum s Experience

Researching, we discovered that most museums agree that nudity in art is a freedom of expression

and that it should be allowed to be displayed as the artist intended. There were a few instances we came

across while researching that did censor their art. As ACLU.com states, Censorship, the suppression of

words, images, or ideas that are "offensive," happens whenever some people succeed in imposing their

personal political or moral values on others. Censorship can be carried out by the government as well as

private pressure groups. Censorship by the government is unconstitutional. In contrast, when private

individuals or groups organize boycotts against stores that sell magazines of which they disapprove,
their actions are protected by the First Amendment, although they can become dangerous in the extreme.

Private pressure groups, not the government, promulgated and enforced the infamous Hollywood

blacklists during the McCarthy period. But these private censorship campaigns are best countered by

groups and individuals speaking out and organizing in defense of the threatened expression. (American

Civil Liberties Union, 2017) This is mostly the reasoning behind why some museums do censor their art,

in response or fear of their customers and receiving backlash or protests.

Another reason we found museums chose to censor their art was in case a child saw the art and

portrayed it indecent. In response to this, we considered putting an age limit in our museum to those who

could go into the nude exhibit we are constructing. We then had a hard time deciphering what a good age

would be to allow them in. We considered 14 since that is the age in the Utah law restricting any nudity

be in their presence, but also thought that most 14 year old s have a sexual education and are aware of the

human body. This makes it hard to decide on a restrictive age since everyone is different and matures

differently as well. Another solution museums in Utah implemented was only displaying mild nudity.

This makes it so some art is able to be displayed but people are still comfortable. This also became

problematic for us to conclude and identify which art could be hung and which are would be eliminated.

Overall, we learned there are some cautionary steps that some museums implement but for the most part,

they support freedom of expression.

Exhibit Cost

Another aspect we needed to get information on to figure out a solution was how much museums

usually spend on exhibits. If being able to build another exhibit is an option we were already thinking

about implementing this. According to Mark Walhimer (Museum Planner, 2017) the average cost of an

installation for an art museum can range from $75-$200 per sq. feet. It is hard to estimate exact costs to

implement a new exhibit since there are so many contributing and changing factors. Some of the factors

that can change costs are exhibition lighting, walls, paint, flooring, electrical, safety precautions such as

sprinklers, staffing, hiring a firm or designing in house, and others. Overall depending on what you want

included in the exhibition it can be expensive or cost efficient.

STEP THREE:

After we researched and gained more knowledge on the subject, as a group we set criteria we

needed to fulfill for a successful solution. It is important to set reachable and implementable criteria for a

plausible solution for making our customers at the art museum feel comfortable but also support our local

artist.

Criteria:

1. Still support the artist

2. Be affordable/ cost efficient

3. Won t lose museum money/bring in revenue

4. Make customers feel comfortable

5. Follow legal requirements

6. Morally and ethically up to standards

7. Installation Aesthetically pleasing

STEP FOUR:

After outlining criteria that we thought was achievable, we began brainstorming any possible

solution we had thought of while in the reflective-sequence process. Doing this required us to freely think

without any judgment or critical thinking whether or not the solution would work. Some of the solutions

we came up with during this process are below:

Build a different exhibit in the museum

Warning signs

Certain days to exhibit the art

Sending out pamphlets

Websites

Emails so the people know what art is coming

Educative part of the nudity

Different fee for admission

Age limit

STEP FIVE:

Once we had a list of possibilities on how to fix our issue, we needed an elimination process on

which ones were the best option for us. To do this we went through each possibility on the list and

discussed its pros and cons as a group.

Pros and Cons:

Build a different exhibit in the museum

● Pros: customers don t have to enter if they don t want to, ability to avoid the art if it makes them

feel uncomfortable, still aesthetically pleasing.

● Cons: Customer enters not knowing what they are entering, expensive.

Warning signs

● Pros: Customer is aware of art that is going to presented.

● Cons: customer may ignore signs

Certain days to exhibit the art

● Pros: customers may come on days that they are comfortable with.

● Cons: customer comes on wrong day, customer misses are exhibit because they are here on day it

wasn t displayed.

Sending out pamphlets

● Pros: educates customer on art and what is being implemented.

● Cons: customer may not read it, cost to send out and labor of delivering.

Websites

● Pros: if customer visits website before they are aware of the art, cost efficient.

● Cons: customer may not check website before coming.

Emails so the people know what art is coming

● Pros: educates customers, affordable.

● Cons: may go to junk mail or not receive.

Educative part of the nudity

● Pros: Let s customer know the story and message of the art rather than it only being portrayed as

nudity, lets the artist tell about its inspiration.

● Cons: customers may ignore the plaques, creating, and installing plaques could be expensive or

time consuming.

Different fee for admission

● Pros: a lower admission could make it so more people are able to afford coming or want to come,

bring in revenue.

● Cons: No way to predict whether or not more customers would come, could lose revenue.

Age limit

● Pros: protects children from portraying art inappropriate, make parents feel more comfortable.

● Cons: Unable to decipher which age is appropriate, regulating age and who can go in could get

complicated.

After we went over pros and cons for each of these, we were able to narrow which have the most

plausible pros and cons. We chose to implement creating a cheap additional exhibit to display art, adding

educative plaques next to the art telling the artist s inspiration and the art s message, putting up noticeable

warning signs outside the exhibit to explain the content, sending out emails along with updating our

webpage and handing out pamphlets at the door explaining what the additional exhibit consisted of. Once

we were able to narrow down these resolutions we created a chart (see appendix 2) to make sure that each

solution we wanted to use passed the criteria we had decided on earlier.

 We then worked out any issues we felt still did not meet criteria or that we may come across.

Some of these were the cost of the exhibit, which we decided we would put up a thick curtain blocking

off an already existing space in the museum and only display the art in there. Making sure that the

warning signs outside the curtain were bold enough so they went unnoticed. Instead of sending out

pamphlets along with emails and our website, we decided to hand them out at the door when the customer

comes in to ensure everyone has the opportunity to learn about the art. After we felt that all the criteria

and issues were solved, we moved on to implementing our ideas.

STEP 6:

Setting up the exhibit, educational plaques, and warning signs:

Setting up the museum s exhibit is the most time-consuming project that we decided on. To save

time and money we decided to use an already existing place in the museum and to install a curtain to

separate it from the other spaces. Ordering the curtain from a design studio and shipping can take up to

three weeks and the installation of stably hanging the curtain can take up to a week. I can order a durable

curtain and our employees can install it. After the curtain is up, we need to hang the art from the artists.

These can be fabricated with the warning signs while we are waiting on the curtain to be shipped to save

time. After these are secure, we will need to hang the educational plaques next to the art and the warning

signs next to the entry. Plaque creation and implementation is left up to Chandler to produce and

complete. Total installation time should take about a month.

Sending out emails, update website and handout pamphlets:

This process of reaching out to the public should take a couple of days to create a friendly,

informational explanation of the exhibit to send out to member s emails and posted on the website. This

can also be fabricated and sent out on a laptop. After we have those posted and the installation is ready,

we can print the flyers and pamphlets out to hand out to customers as they arrive. Overall this process

should at most take a week and can be done as a combined effort of Kylia, Maureen and Gina.
Conclusion

Our group came up with a very effective step-by-step solution for supporting our local artists and

making our community comfortable with it. Our team members each worked diligently hard to analyze

every possible solution and outcome of this problem. Once we decided on the best solution we made a

team contract to make sure all members would stay on track and to ensure the best outcome on this

solution. We wrote down suggested criteria from the team members and made a chart to see which criteria

best fit our problem. We also used a pros and cons chart as well for our solution and we found the pros

definitely outweighed the cons. Then as a group we all brainstormed ideas on how we would implement

this solution, and got rid of the ideas that were not as realistic or achievable. After going through this

careful process we found the best solution that would benefit all.

Our group’s recommendation to solve this problem was to simply build a separate exhibit to

display our local artists’ nude art; to put a warning sign outside the exhibit in large noticeable font to

ensure our guests are cautious. We also are recommending that we will send out emails and post on our

website to give a heads up of when this art will displayed so our community can be informed of this. This

solution exceeds others because this not only supports our local artists by displaying their art for others to

see their talent, but it also satisfies our community in a very appropriate way. If our community was not

informed of this art and we did not have a separate exhibit for this nude art and were unknowingly

walking by this art with their children, I would imagine a lot of people would have a problem with it. If

the people of our community support our talented local artists, this solution is the most effective way

doing so, in that it benefits both parties.

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 APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1: TEAM CONTRACT

TEAM CONTRACT
Develop 1.We will all come to class

Relational Norms 2.We will all participate equally

3.All stay up to date and do not procrastinate with

you tasks

Develop 1.We will keep in touch weekly

Task Norms 2.Look over contract frequently

Assign Relational Roles 1.Praise giver- Maureen

2.Empethetic listener- Chandler

3.stay on tasker - Sylvia

4.Destresser- Kylia

Assign Task Roles 1.Editing/reviewing- Kylia

2.Information/research – Sylvia & Chandler

3.Organizing- Maureen
 4.Tech support – Kylia

5.Leader- Chandler

APPENDIX 2: COMPARISON CHART

Separate Educative Certain Days Warning Emails

curtain part signs

Still support 4 5 4 4 4

the artist
Be affordable 5 4 5 5 5
Won’t lose 4 4 3 5 4

money/

revenue
Make 4 5 5 5 5

customers

feel

comfortable
Morally and 5 5 5 5 5

ethically up to

standards
Totals: 23 23 22 24 23
 APPENDIX 3: TEAM MEMBER PARTICIPATION

Criteria for Points:

•Participation

•Materials in on time

•Quality effort

•Communication

Points Awarded:

● Chandler Earl: 10 Attended every meeting, hard worker, quality work.

● Gina Barnes: 9 Good input.
● Kylia McCoy: 10 Organized google drive and files, coordinate meetings and check in with group.
● Maureen Tietz: 10 Attended every meeting, creative thinking and helped stay on track.
● Sylvia Schulte: 11 Typed grids and helped organize thinking digitally.